Fear, racism, and the historically troubling attitude of American pioneers.

The complex, highly evolved world of Moscow’s subway-riding stray dogs.

Sandinista, reverend, and president of the U.N. General Assembly.

How the dream of the Euro became a nightmare.

On touring America and the culture of trailer parks in the early 1950s.

The failures of the “broken windows” approach to policing.

A writer who went astray takes a road trip through the ruins of the American West.

Attending a meeting of the Continental Drift Club in Berlin.

An essay on the silent, secret grief of miscarriage.

LaGuardia and the failure of the American air terminal.

The search for a woman’s true identity and the unmasking of a serial killer.

A profile of the High Maintenance co-creator.

The strange saga of the real-life Simpsons house in Nevada.

The sinking of the Costa Concordia cruise ship.

How an island in the Antipodes became the world’s leading supplier of licit opioids.

On the life and legacy of Canadian artist Matthew Wong.

A profile of the candidate 100 days from the election.

The perils of voting in the modern age.

Inside the bleak world of Joe Francis, the man behind the “Girls Gone Wild” franchise.

With the 428th pick in the 1974 NFL draft, the Green Bay Packers selected…one of the most violent killers in U.S. history.

A religious order funded largely by the founder of the Cheesecake Factory announced plans to build a temple in a small California town. The town wasn’t thrilled.

How an obsessive New Age hustler brought the sound of the ocean to millions of home stereos.

A history of the first African American White House—and of what came next.

In 2003, a platoon of American soldiers opened fire on a family in a Baghdad intersection. A decade later, one of the shooters tracks down the survivors.

The economics of Woonsocket, where one-third of residents rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.